noun 1. the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. 2. (especially in older use) linguistics, especially historical and comparative linguistics. 3. Obsolete. the love of learning and literature. /fɪˈlɒlədʒɪ/noun 1. comparative and historical linguistics 2. the scientific analysis of written records and literary texts 3. (no longer in scholarly use) the study of literature in general n.

Meaning “science of language” is first attested 1716 (philologue “linguist” is from 1590s; philologer “linguistic scholar” is from 1650s); this confusing secondary sense has not been popular in the U.S., where linguistics is preferred. Related: Philological.

[fil-uh-mee-luh] /ˌfɪl əˈmi lə/ noun 1. Classical Mythology. an Athenian princess who was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus and was subsequently avenged and transformed into a nightingale. 2. (lowercase) . [fil-uh-mel] /ˈfɪl əˌmɛl/ noun, Literary. 1. the nightingale. /ˌfɪləʊˈmiːlə/ noun 1. (Greek myth) an Athenian princess, who was raped and had her tongue cut out […]

[fil-uh-pee-nuh] /ˌfɪl əˈpi nə/ noun 1. a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action. 2. the thing shared. […]

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